Speakers

​Monday | Oct 17

Mark Lysyshyn works for Vancouver Coastal Health as the Medical Health Officer for the North Shore and Sea to Sky areas. He also supports the regional Harm Reduction, Population Health and Licensing programs.

Mark completed medical school at Queen’s University, a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health and residency programs in Internal Medicine and Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has previously worked at the Public Health Agency of Canada and at St. Paul's Hospital.​

John DriscollAssociate Director of Police, Security and Outside Services​Massachusetts General Hospital

John Driscoll has been in healthcare security for over 30 years. He has been the associate director of Police, Security and Outside Services at MGH for 25 years. In his position he oversees the operations of the Police and Security function overseeing 125 full time employees whose job it is to protect over 10 million square feet of property and respond to approximately 320,000 calls for service a year.

John Is a Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA) and a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) which are the two primary professional certifications in the healthcare security field. He is a licensed Massachusetts State Special Police Officer.

He is a graduate of the Senior Executive Leadership Program at the Kellogg School of Management. He has been the recipient of the Presidential Award from the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) and the Colleague Medal from the Boston Chapter of IAHSS for work and contribution to the healthcare security field. John is a certified instructor in crime prevention and community policing and had has authored articles and chapters in textbooks on these subjects.

Greg Smith has been active in the security industry for over 20 years. Greg began his career in Healthcare Security as the Security Manager at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. Currently, he is the Director of Enterprise Security Systems, Alberta Health Services.

Responsible for the Physical Security Design of Healthcare Facilities, Physical Security Technologies and ID Card Management. Recognized as a specialist in Physical Security Design and Crime Prevention he is very active in the Edmonton community working with Law enforcement and municipal groups to improve quality of life for neighborhoods and businesses.

Greg has a strong belief in continuing education attaining Diplomas in Security Management from Grant MacEwan University and University of Alberta as well as successfully completing a Security Executive Leadership Studies at The Wharton School of Business. Coupled with his formal education he has successfully attained three Professional security industry certifications; Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA) and Certified Security Project Manager (CSPM).

Doug Wills, MA, PMPGeneral Manager, P3 OperationsJPOCSC and SMH-CCT

Doug Wills has worked in healthcare for more than 25 years and held a variety of roles in operations, contract management, project management and Public-Private Partnership (P3) operations.

Since 2009, Doug has been the operational phase General Manager and Public Sector Representative for the P3 built hospitals in Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre (2009-2014) as well as Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre and Surrey Memorial Hospital Critical Care Tower (2014-present). Doug is able to draw on his variety of experience and educational background to ensure that these P3 hospitals are operating efficiently and the service providers are meeting or exceeding agreed upon design and performance levels at the same time as meeting the clinical needs of its patients.

Doug holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, a Certificate in Project Management from the University of British Columbia, Master of Arts in Leadership from Royal Roads University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.